“Many fans and functionaries first think of racism in soccer as a problem when it comes to physical attacks or monkey noises,” writes German author Ronny Blaschke in the introduction to his new book, “Playing Fields of the Powerful” (“Spielfeld der Herrenmenschen,” due for translation into English next year). But the problem is as old as the game as itself. Blaschke travels around the world to research how colonialism and stereotypes have shaped soccer from the start, and examines the reasons why they continue to plague the game today.
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